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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

A few days ago, Mr. E. Bunn, while returning home, met with an accident which might have ended more seriously that it did. While driving along he…

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An “Accidental ” Find

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

Four boxes, containing altogether nearly a million roubles (£105,000), have been accidentally found at the railway station at-Samara, Russia. The boxes…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 2

While driving to Gunning on Tuesday last, Mr. Geo. Noyes of Gundaroo, met with a nasty accident, caused through his horse falling…

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Cinematograph Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 2

During a cinematograph entertainment at Narrabri by Mr. J. Check (well-known in Braidwood), the apparatus caught fire. A panic resulted, but…

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Serious Accidents

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday last while Constable Bailey, Emu Flat, and formerly station in Braidwood, accompanied by the black tracker, were at Back Creek, Araluen,…

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Strange Shooing Fatality

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 2

Sergeant Fallon, of the Irish Rifles, shot on the Rand wick Rifle Range on Saturday, when lying down at the 500 yards range taking aim at the…

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Rifle Range Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1905 · page 2

A FATAL accident occurred on the Randwick Range on Saturday afternoon, when a bullet ended the life of Sergeant Michael Fallon, of the Irish…

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Local News. Bike Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

ON Friday last, while cycling down the Stringy Bark Hill in company with his brother, on the road from Michelago to Queanbeyan, Mr. A…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The Warden, (Mr. A. Elliott received a letter from the Secretary of the Day Dawn G. M. Co., reporting the death of John Ashmore, a workman, engaged at…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at the Day Dawn; Mine, Mongarlowe

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

About 1 o’clock a.m. on Thursday last Messrs. Argent and Ashmore, two of the tributers at the above mine, were engaged in repairing the shaft at the 360,…

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The Day Dawn Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

We have been asked by Messrs. Fulton, Nicholson, and Moore, the Day Dawn tributors, to protest, against the erroneous and misleading report published…

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The Fatal Accident at the Day Dawn mine

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 August 1905 · page 2

The Coroner held an inquiry at the Day Dawn Mine at Mongarlowe on Friday afternoon last touching the death of John Ashmore, who was found drowned in the bottom of the shaft, in about…

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Motor and Tram. Disastrous Collision

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

A shocking motor accident, which will probably involve the loss of four lives, is reported, Late last night (14th June) Mr. Richard Sayer, a wealthy resident of…

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Burning Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

ON Monday last, a daughter of Mr. T. Wood, of Gibraltar, was severely burned through her clothes catching fire. She was conveyed to the Queanbeyan Hospital,…

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The Day Dawn Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 2

The magisterial inquiry relating to the death of John Ashmore at the Day Dawn mine, which was adjourned from the 11th inst., was continued…

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The Late Fatal Accident at the Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of John Ashmore in the Day Dawn mine, at Mongarlowe, on the 10th instant, which was adjourned from H inst., was confinued…

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Accident at a Fox Dlive

The Age · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

OUR Canberra correspondent writes:—At the fox drive at Duntroon on Saturday one of the shooters a son of Mr. J. Scott of Canberra, met with a severe accident caused through his horse bolting…

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Serious Bicycle Accident at Gundaroo

The Age · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last a very serious accident happened to two young men at Gundaroo. It appears that Mr. Leslie Dyce was returning home on his bike from attending…

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Burning Fatality

The Age · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

THE Coroner Dr. Thames held an inquest at the Hospital yesterday morning into the circumstances connected with the death of the little girl Lena Brewer who was burned at Jeir on the 18th instant…

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Training Ship Disaster. Sunk by a British Vessel. 22 Cadets Drowned

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 5

The following particulars are from the “Daily Mail” of 25th June:— In clear weather, bright starlight prevailing, the British steamer Ancona,…

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